Belmont Co. residents sign drilling leases Officials expect good investments
Belmont County residents plan to cash in on the oil and gas drilling in the Barnesville area as property owners signed agreements with Antero Resources this month and in February. The deal was first ...
View ArticleCoal stocks at Chinas key Bohai Sea ports dip 0.4 on week Mar 10
Coal stocks at China's four major Bohai Sea ports totaled 19.705 million mt on Sunday, down 83,000 mt or 0.4% week on week, Qinhuangdao Port said Monday. The coal stocks at Qinhuangdao Port ...
View ArticleCazaly signs North Queensland farm-in
Cazaly Resources has signed a farm-in agreement with Anglo American over the Lynd nickel project in North Queensland.Under the terms of the deal, Cazaly can earn an initial 100 per cent interest by ...
View ArticleCHINA COPPER Spot CIF trade lackluster import premiums steady
Chinese spot import market for LME-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF basis saw lackluster trade Wednesday amid persistent weakness in demand, industry sources said. Indicative import ...
View ArticleBaosteel Group Forecasts Moderat...
Baosteel Group Corp., the parent of China's biggest listed steelmaker, expects a moderate increase in steel demand this year, General Manager He Wenbo said. "The steel industry hit a ...
View ArticleMinerals dominate Greenland election
GREENLAND is voting in an election focused on the vast Arctic island's untapped mineral resources that promises to be a close race between incumbent Prime Minister, left-winger Kuupik Kleist and ...
View Article‘Rubix cube’ of development outcomes to be solved mutually – Clement
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – The Minister of the Canadian government’s economic development organisation for Northern Ontario ...
View ArticleBrazils Vale suspends $6bn Argentine potash project -filing
SAO PAULO – Brazilian miner Vale said on Monday it is suspending investments in its $6-billion Rio Colorado potash project in Argentina, which the company said was not "in line with ...
View ArticleChina Ghana gold production spike others fall
In 2012, the top 10 gold producing countries slightly increased their gold output. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) provisional data, estimated global gold production amounted ...
View ArticleChinas daily crude steel output up 1.4 pct in late Feb -CISA
China's average daily crude steel output rose 1.4 percent to 2.034 million tonnes in the last eight days of February from the preceding ten days, the highest since mid-May 2012, the China Iron ...
View ArticleAustralias P. Hedland iron ore shipments to China fall in Feb
Iron ore exports to China from Australia's Port Hedland, a strong indicator of Chinese industrial activity, fell by 14.8 percent in February, with disruptions caused by a cyclone contributing to ...
View ArticleBrazil iron ore exports fall 16 in February prices up 12
Brazil's iron ore export shipments dipped by double-digit levels for the second month in a row in February, according to statistics foreign trade ministry Secex released Tuesday. Export ...
View ArticleZimbabwes finance minister demands diamond companies pay up
reports the Associated Press . Tendai Biti said he will ask President Robert Mugabe to implement the measure in order to pay at least $217 millionfor an the constitutional referendum in March and ...
View ArticleU3O8 strengthens Argentina land position by acquiring Calypso Uranium
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Toronto-listed U3O8 Corp on Monday said it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the shares of exploration junior Calypso Uranium, which would ...
View ArticleCliffs Natural to idle iron-ore mine as prices remain weak
Cliffs Natural Resources said it will idle its Wabush Pointe Noire plant in Quebec by the end of the second quarter to reduce costs as iron-ore prices remain weak. The Cleveland-based producer of ...
View ArticleCerrejon coal workers sign deal to end strike in Colombia
BOGOTA – Colombia's largest coal exporter, Cerrejon, and its striking labour union signed a three-year wage agreement on Monday to end the month-long walkout, the two sides said. The ...
View ArticleAnti-gold mining protests hit Greece
A proposed gold mine in northern Greece that has sparked heated opposition and an armed attack was the target of another protest over the weekend. About 20,000 demonstrators opposed to the Skouries ...
View ArticleMining question dominates Greenland poll
Voters go to the polls in Greenland on Tuesday, in an election dominated by the question of how the territory should exploit its mineral riches. Nearly 70% of 57,000 inhabitants are eligible to vote ...
View ArticleChinese gas pipeline ready to serve Hong Kong
China's second west-to-east gas pipeline is ready to supply natural gas to Hong Kong, as branch lines linking Hong Kong with the pipeline went into operation on Wednesday, according to the China ...
View ArticleChina-Africa Sunlight coal exploration project launched in Zimbabwe
A large-scale Sino-Zimbabwe joint coal exploration project, dubbed China-Africa Sunlight Exploration, broke the ground in Zimbabwe's western province of Matabeleland North on Wednesday. The ...
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